US
/ˌjuːˈes/
EN
An informal shorthand for the United States, a federal republic in North America; also a plural pronoun referring to the speaker and one or more other people
I’m meeting up with my friends later, and we’ll grab dinner together with us.
Etymology
As a shorthand for United States, it originated as an abbreviation of the phrase in written English starting in the early 19th century. As a first-person plural pronoun, it derives from Old English us, a form of the first-person plural personal pronoun.
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Related Words
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